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NewsNew telehealth law eliminates need for in-person visits
California telehealth providers just got a boost with Gov. Jerry Brown signing into law "The Telehealth Advancement Act of 2011," (AB 415). The bill eases restrictions on telehealth provision in the Read more...
Sutter hospital upgrades RFID infant tracker
Medical equipment gets lost within cavernous hospital buildings and, occasionally, so do patients, especially the smallest ones. A California hospital is beefing up security for infant patients by Read more...
CompuMed to provide EKG, telemedicine to California schools
Remember when the school nurse could do little more than take temperatures, check for sore throats and patch up playground scrapes? Well, some school infirmaries in California are about to go Read more...
60 apply for Center for Technology and Aging remote-monitoring grants
The Center for Technology and Aging, Oakland, Calif., says it has received 60 applications for a planned $500,000 in grants to demonstrate how remote patient monitoring technologies can reduce Read more...
Smartphones facilitate easy teleconferencing for wound care
Wound care traditionally has been an expensive, time-consuming exercise, often requiring specialized medical transport services, long waits for medical services and, as a direct result of the other Read more...
CA health organizations look to mobile technologies; NC awards grant to support wireless monitoring;
> Mobile and wireless technologies are central to innovation at Kaiser Permanente and UC-Davis. Article > AmeriChoice, an affiliate of UnitedHealth Group, is donating $290,000 worth of Read more...
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